Atlanta's Art on the BeltLine

Art on the Atlanta BeltLine is the city's largest temporary public art display, showcasing works of hundreds of artists along nine miles of the Atlanta BeltLine corridor. Check out a few of the installations, plus the lantern parade that kicks the event off.

Open Gallery

10 Photos

"Ballroom"

Art is all along the Atlanta BeltLine; this piece by RAUM (Katherine Wright Johnson and Bud Shenefelt) hangs from an overpass.

Photo By: Atlanta Beltline, Inc.

"Faces and Friends"

This display of street art called Faces and Friends by Kyle Brooks will remain as a permanent display along the BeltLine until further notice.

Photo By: Kyle Brooks

"Precious Predators"

Stephanie Coffin's mosaics are a familiar site around Atlanta. The outside of her in-town home has a mural dedicated to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Photo By: Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.

"Gnomon II"

This large installation is by Mike Jensen, who is also an Atlanta photographer.

Photo By: Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.

Urban Art

This untitled piece is by Atlanta artist Sarah Emerson, who also participated in a group show at the High Museum of Art called Drawings Inside the Perimeter.

Photo By: Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.

"Pyramids"

This is a visual piece that served as the backdrop for a music video by singer Adron, which she created with Mario Schambon and Colin Agnew.

Photo By: Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.

Lanterns on Parade

Each year, Art on the BeltLine kicks off with a lantern parade that winds along the trail and ends in Midtown Atlanta. The parade begins with a meet up at Irwin Street; 2012's event drew 1,200 participants.

Photo By: Rod Pittam

Decorations

People make paper lanterns at get-togethers all around town before the night walk along the Atlanta BeltLine.

Photo By: Christopher T. Martin

Old Sears Building

2012's parade route passed the old Sears building on Ponce de Leon, which will soon operate as Ponce City Market.